Splits are really my lazy way of finding bands that are like those that I already like. For example: last split I reviewed featured Ende and Sorcier des Glaces, and I’d never heard of SDG beforehand but once I saw … Continue reading Minenwerfer / 1914 – Ich hatt einen Kameraden
What is it that makes a band stand out anymore in this world of the well known and the increasingly weird? Well, if you ask me it’s but two things: (1) being weird and (2) making the weird exciting for … Continue reading Allegaeon – Proponent for Sentience
Sometimes you just find yourself in a bad mood, and you want the music you’re blaring to reflect your mood. I’m no stranger to such, and oddly enough I’ve been in a pretty negative mood recently for the usual various … Continue reading Kingdom – Sepulchral Psalms from the Abyss of Torment
Just when you think you listen to what can be considered some fucking raw metal that is as uncompromising as it is fast, there’s always something that’ll blindside you and show you there’s so much more. I listen to plenty … Continue reading Seputus – Man Does Not Give
What’s the best school? The old school, motherfuckers! “Old school is best school” as some of my friends say, and in many cases that rings amazingly true. It’s where the first guts were spilled and the first dried pools of … Continue reading Humanity Delete – Fuck Forever Off
It’s probably debuts that are my favorite kinds of albums because it shows what’s going on inside the brains of the involved musician(s) who wrote it who don’t have to worry about repeating themselves or letting down fans because they’re … Continue reading Nil Miserans – s/t
Now, if you’re a somewhat keen eyed person you would’ve noticed in the little category area thing I’m classifying this as death and folk metal. If you’re not familiar with Ade you’d probably be going “well that sounds like a … Continue reading Ade – Carthago Delenda Est
Relatively many bands out there who don the moniker of “old school death metal” actually do happen to achieve the sound such a title suggests, but it’s not very often that it comes to a pinnacle that is has in … Continue reading Darkrypt – Delirious Excursion
One of the great toss ups in all of metal is when you see a new super group being formed which nowadays seem to be every six minutes. It doesn’t matter who from what band is in it, it can … Continue reading Serpentine Dominion – The Vengeance in Me (single)
I’ve always been into death metal for its brutality and sheer intensity that can go in so many directions, and one direction I rarely take is in that of technical death metal. There are a few bands of the style … Continue reading Vale of Pnath – II
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